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DAYTONA BEACH. Fla. -- Just who gunned down 23-year-old Shaquan M. Willoughby back in August remains unsolved to this day.

Counting 'em Down: For better or for worse, this is the Headline Surfer countdown of the 2021's Top 100 biggest news stories of Central Florida along the tourism-driven stretch of Interstate 4 (Orlando Attractions and east to I-95 & the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona). Each recap segment is posted with its own headline, culminating with the unveiling of No.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 25-year-old man was shot in the leg back in early October after firing at cops who were conducting an overnight patrol near Westside Elementary School.

Two children were killed and another three children were hospitalized with injuries when a car plowed into them and fled the scene in South Florida on Monday, authorities said.

President Joe Biden on Monday pledged the full support of the federal government to states facing surges in COVID-19 cases from the more transmissible omicron variant and a run on-at-home tests.

Highlights of this day in history for Dec. 28: Pres. Woodrow Wilson is born; John C. Calhoun becomes first US vice president to resign; Alexander Solzhenitsyn 'Gulag Archipelago' is published; Actor Denzel Washington & comic book creator Stan Lee are born.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Craig Flagler Palms Funeral Home, Memorial Gardens & Crematory’s area manager Sal Passalaqua, Jr. has received the 2021 Outstanding Philanthropist award from the Association of Nonprofit Professionals.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Byron Brooks, administrator of the Orange County government was paid $261,920 in 2020. Among the Top 100 highest salaries paid in Orange County, the lowest was $110,135. So what gives? Headline Surfer will tackle the issue of public sector salaries in early 2022 in a series of investigative reports segments.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla -- There was a hush-hush rumor swirling within Volusia County Republican leadership back in September that GOP blogger turned-child sex predator David Lee Davis of Daytona died in prison.